Ironing board



y 1951 P. F. DAHLSTROM 2,560,349

, IRONING BOARD Filed Oct. e, 1948 MMJZZ Zy Patented July 17, 1951 OFFICE 2,560,849 IRONING BOARD Paul F. Dahlstrom, La Grande, Oreg.

Application October 6, 1948, SerialNo. 53,038

This invention relates to a collapsible ironing board.

An object of this invention is to provide a collapsible ironing board embodying pivotally connected together legs with an improved means whereby the legsare spring-tensioned to leg extending position with one of the legs formed at its upper end into a pawl engageable in a selected one of a series of notches which are formed in the top so that the top may be raised or lowered to the desired height.

Another object of this invention is to provide an ironing board which in collapsed form will occupy only a small space.

With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the arrangement, combination and details of construction disclosed in the drawings and specification, and then more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a bottom plan view partly broken away and in section of an ironing board constructed according to an embodiment of this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing the numeral l designates generally the top of an ironing board constructed according to an. embodiment of this invention. The board or top In is supported in vertically adjusted position by means of a pair of crossed legs designated generally as H and II. The leg II is hinged by means of a hinge l3 to the top adjacent an end of the top, and the leg II is formed of a pair of elongated bars M which have secured to the lower ends, thereof, a. connecting foot piece IS.

The leg l2 comprises an elongated bar l6 which is disposed between the bars I4 and pivotally mounted'on a pivot l1 extended through the bars l4. A pair of spacing members l8 are secured to the inner sides of the bars M for spacing the bars I6 relative to the inner edges of the bars M. The leg bar l6 has secured to the lower or outer end thereof a foot member l9 similarto the foot member l and the inner or upper end of the leg bar I6 is formed as a pawl 20 for engagement in a selected one of a series of notches 2| which are formed in the lower side of the top Ill. The upper end of the leg member I6 is slidingly disposed with respect to the top in by means of a pair of U-shaped guide bars 22 which are fastened in depending relation to the lower side of the top "I on opposite sides or ends of the notches 2|. The pawl 20 has mounted, therethrough a 1 Claim.- (Cl. 38-121) pin 32 projecting from the opposite sides of'the pawl and engaging within the guide 22.

The legs H and I2 are normally biased to an extended position by means of a, spring 23 which is mounted in a channel or recess 24 formed in the lower side of leg member l6, and one end of spring 23 is fastened by fastening means 25 to the lower end of channel 24, and the other end 1 the board is collapsed by raising the same to dis engage pawl 20 from one of the notches. The board may then be collapsed by pushing the same downwardly. In order to extend the legs, the

structure may be placed in collapsed position on a floor with the board I0 uppermost, whereupon the board Iii may be lifted upwardly. When board Ill is lifted upwardly, spring 23 will pull leg member l2 and leg member H to extended position with pawl 20 sliding over the notches 2|. When the top ID has been raised to the desired height, the weight of the top alone will provide for engagement of the pawl 20 in an adjacent notch or keeper 2|.

What is claimed is:

A collapsible ironing board comprising a top board, a pair of crossed legs, means hingedly securing the upper end of one leg to the lower side of i said top board, means pivotally securing said legs together at their crossing point, said top board having a series of notches in its lower side, a transversely extending pawl carried by the other of said legs engageable in a selected one of said notches, a pin extending transversely through said pawl, means forming a recess in said other leg, a flexible member extending lengthwise of said other leg, one end of said flexible member extending below said pivot means, a spring securedat one end to said one end of said flexible member and seated in said recess, means comprising a headed pin securing the other end of said spring to said other leg adjacent the outer end of the latter, said other leg having an opening therethrough above said pivot means, a grooved pulley rotatably disposed in said opening, said flexible member being trained over said ible member to said top board between said hinge REFERENCES CITED and notches 3 P of j' F The following references are of record in the guide bars disposed on opposite sldes of said series fil of this patent;

of notches, extending a substantial distance therebeyond to permit collapsing of said legs and 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS spaced apart a distance greater than the width Number Name Date of said pawl, but less than the length of said 863,150 Busch et al Aug. 13,1907 pin whereby said pawl is always retained within 1,161,407 Northrup Nov. 23, 1915 said guide bars adjacent said series of notches. 1,226,987 Nichols May 22, 1917 PAUL F. DAHLS'IRQM. 10 

